9.22
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां
ये जनाः पर्युपासते ।
तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां
योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम् ॥
ananyāś cintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate
teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmy aham
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking to Arjuna (अर्जुन). The eight-syllable line is back.
The verse
People who worship me, thinking of no other — of them, always yoked, I carry the getting and the keeping.
नेपालीमा
अरू कसैको चिन्तन नगरी मलाई पुज्ने, सधैँ युक्त भएका ती मानिसहरूको पाउने र जोगाउने कुरा म बोक्छु।
Where it sits
9.20 and 9.21 were the worship that wins heaven and then loses it. This is the worship with no second thought, and the thing he does for it: he carries what they need to gain and what they need to keep.
Split: अनन्याः + चिन्तयन्तः + माम् + ये + जनाः + पर्युपासते + तेषाम् + नित्य-अभियुक्तानाम् + योग-क्षेमम् + वहामि + अहम्
ananyāḥ + cintayantaḥ + mām + ye + janāḥ + paryupāsate + teṣām + nitya-abhiyuktānām + yoga-kṣemam + vahāmi + aham
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अनन्याः | ananyāḥ | nominative plural | those who have no other. ananya (अनन्य) is "not other." |
| चिन्तयन्तः | cintayantaḥ | nominative plural | thinking. cintayati (चिन्तयति). |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| ये | ye | nominative plural | who. |
| जनाः | janāḥ | nominative plural | people. |
| पर्युपासते | paryupāsate | present, 3rd plural, middle | they worship, they attend. pari (परि) "fully," upa-ās (उप-आस्) "sit near." |
| तेषाम् | teṣām | genitive plural | of them. |
| नित्य-अभियुक्तानाम् | nitya-abhiyuktānām | genitive plural | of those always yoked to it. abhi-yuj (अभि-युज्). |
| योग-क्षेमम् | yoga-kṣemam | accusative | the getting and the keeping. yoga (योग) is obtaining what is not yet held. kṣema (क्षेम) is the safety of what is held. |
| वहामि | vahāmi | present, 1st singular | I carry. vah (वह्). |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. |
The phrases
ananyāḥ cintayantaḥ māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate (अनन्याः चिन्तयन्तः मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते) is the person. People who worship, thinking of him, with no other in the thought.
teṣāṃ nitya-abhiyuktānām (तेषां नित्य-अभियुक्तानाम्) gathers them in the genitive. Of those people, always yoked. The genitive is whose burden it is.
yoga-kṣemaṃ vahāmi aham (योग-क्षेमं वहामि अहम्) is what he does with it. He carries their getting and their keeping. vah (वह्) is "carry."
Sanskrit in this line
अनन्याः + चिन्तयन्तः ananyāḥ + cintayantaḥ is recited ananyāś cintayantaḥ (अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तः). āḥ (आः) before the voiceless c (च्) becomes āś (आश्), the same shift pāṇḍavāḥ ca (पाण्डवाः च) made in 1.1. cintayantaḥ (चिन्तयन्तः) before mām (माम्) is cintayanto (चिन्तयन्तो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say what he carries, and the verb he uses. If vahāmi (वहामि) comes out as "they carry it themselves," stay here.